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Healthcare, sport, wellness Flashcards

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conventional medicine

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a normal system with doctors, etc.

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alternative medicine

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treatments which are used instead of standard treatments

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being vary of pharmaceuticals

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having a cautious and suspicious attitude

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try your hand at sth

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to try sth out

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primary care

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physicians

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= doctor

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locum

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a doctor who does the job if another doctor permanently

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acute condition

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one that is severe and sudden in onset
opp. chronic

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secondary care

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opp. primary care

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acute/sharping pain

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the severe one

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excruciating pain

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extremely painful

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ophthalmologist

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doctor for eyes

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obstetrician

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pregnancy and childbirth doctor

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shooting pains

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sudden severe pains that move through body

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stabbing pain

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a sudden pain

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paediatrician

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педіатр

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searing pain

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extreme pain

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anaesthetic

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анестезіолог

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complementary medicine

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= alternative medicine

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acupuncturists

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people who treat patients by using needles at special points around the skin

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chiropractor

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people who treat patients by pressing joints in places where they’re connected

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homeopathic doctor

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doctors who use tiny amounts of natural substances to treat an illness

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aromatherapist

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therapists who use aromatic oils and massage

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GP

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general practitioner (family doctor)

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surgery

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small centre offering primary care

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prescription charge

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charge for the medication the doctor prescribes, which you pay at a pharmacy

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go private

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choose private healthcare

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off-colour
e.g. You look a bit off-colour today.

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not well

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to feel out of sorts
e.g. Peter overslept this morning and has been out sorts all day.

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in an unhappy mood

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to fight off
e.g. I’m fighting off a cold at the moment.

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try to get rid of

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to go down with flu (if we talk abt others)

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to come down with flu (if we talk abt ourselves)

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to suffer from
e.g. Harry suffers from hay fever and sneezes a lot if he’s near grass and flowers.

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(the usual) aches and pains

e.g. Mum’s feeling fine, apart from the usual aches and pains .

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a non-serious way to minor problems

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cuts and bruises

e.g. Jason had a few cuts and bruises when he fell off his bike, nothing serious.

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minor injuries

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to sting

e.g. My hand’s been stinging ever since I touched that plant.

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sudden, burning pain

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stiff neck

e.g. I have a stiff neck from sitting in a draught yesterday.

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pain and difficulty in moving your neck around

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feverish

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with a high temperature

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nauseous feeling

e.g. I had a terrible nauseous feeling after taking the medicine, but it passed.

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feeling that you vomit

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tremble

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= shake

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to be bunged up (inf)

e.g. My nose is all bunged up today with this horrible cold.

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blocked nose

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get over

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recover

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to be on the mend

e.g. Dan felt terrible last week, but he’s on the mend now.

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to get better

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to be over the worst

e.g. It’s taking Hania some time to recover from her accident, but she’s over the worst now.

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to pass the most difficult period

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to be back on her feet

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fully healthy again

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contract a disease (formal)
e.g. He contracted malaria while he was traveling.

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catch a disease

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an attack of hay fever

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(sustain) injuries
e.g. She sustained multiple injuries in the accident.

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to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time/to suffer or experience

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low-dose medicine

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to have a past history of sth

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record of medical conditions a person has experienced

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gastrointestinal disease

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illness of the stomach

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terminally ill
e.g. A terminally ill man

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having a serious illness and will die soon

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bowel problems

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проблеми з кишечником

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adverse reactions
e.g. I had an adverse reaction to the injection.

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unwanted results

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not to exceed the stated dose or duration of treatment

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side effects

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allergic reactions

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particles
e.g. Dust particles must have got into lunges.

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small pieces

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ailing
e.g. the country’s ailing economy

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unwell, sickly

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an ailing organisation

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one that has a lot of problems

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a rash of burglaries

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a number of similar things happening at the same time

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fever

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high temperature; great excitement - election fever

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jaundiced = yellow looking skin because of a liver problem

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idiom: jaundiced view = unenthusiastic or sceptical

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carry the scars of/ be scarred by

e.g. I’m afraid that children will always be scarred by experiencing war at a young age.

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be permanently affected by a negative experience

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to have the finger on the pulse

E.g. That journalist really has his finger on the pulse of public opinion.

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understand how things are changing

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to be impeded

e.g. the blood flow can be impeded

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showed down or made difficult

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fatty plaque

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жировий наліт

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to clog (up)
e.g. Eating too much fat causes your to clog up.

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cause sth to become blocked

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stroke
e.g. She suffered a stroke that left her unable to speak.

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інсульт

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to pose a danger

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cause a problem

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to counteract
e.g. Drinking a lot of water counteracts the dehydrating effects of hot weather.

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remove/reduce

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fibres

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substance in food such as fruit, vegetables and brown bread, which travels through the body as waste

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lentils

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сочевиця

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cardiovascular exercise

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relating to the heart and blood

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BMI - body mass index

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be intent on
e.g. He seems intent on upsetting everyone in the room.

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be determined to

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brisk walking

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quick and energetic

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to score an own goal

e.g. I scored an own goal when I told my boss it had only taken me a day to write several a week.

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try to gain an advantage but made things worse for myself rather than better

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to move the goalposts

e.g. My boss always seems to be moving the goalposts, which makes it very difficult to know what he wants.

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change the rules

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a level playing field

e.g. The new EU laws aim to provide a level playing field for all member states.

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fair situation

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to be in the running

e.g. He’s too young to be in the running for such a job.

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seriously considered

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to be neck and neck

e.g. The two main parties in the election are still neck and neck in the opinion polls.

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level with each other and equally likely to win

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skate around

e.g. Politicians often skate around a subject.

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don’t talk directly about

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to sail through

e.g. The students all sailed through their exams.

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pass very easily

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vigorous exercises

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very energetic

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untimely death

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too early death

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humane
e.g. The humane way of dealing with a suffering animal is to kill it quickly.

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showing kindness, care, sympathy towards others, especially those who are suffering

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adrenaline rush

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outbreak
e.g. an outbreak of cholera/food poisoning/rioting/ war

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when sth unpleasant begins

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epidemic

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in a region, among a population

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pandemic

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global epidemic

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contagious disease

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transmitted from person to person by contacting

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air-born virus

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вірус, який передається повітряно-крапельним шляхом

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asymptomatic
e.g. During the pandemic lots of people were asymptomatic spreading the virus.

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безсимптомний

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feel under the weather
e.g. I felt under the weather the whole weekend.

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in a bad mood, not well

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home remedy
e.g. The home remedy my mom’s made is ideal against pickles.

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medications prepared at home to treat certain ailments without any prescription or professional supervision

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mitigation measures
e.g. Government has gathered to implement new mitigation measures that will lower the spread of coronavirus.

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заходи щодо зниження

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containment
e.g. The spreading disease overwhelmed all attempts at containment.

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the act of controlling or limiting something or someone harmful

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agonize
e.g. She agonised for days over whether she should take that medicine.

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spend a lot of time trying to make a decision

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cross with

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annoyed/angry

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gloat (over/about; at)
e.g. She’s continually gloating over/about her job.

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зловтішатися

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rejoice (at/in/to)
e.g. Everyone rejoiced at the news of his safe return.

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to feel or show great happiness about sth

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snap
e.g. You’ll snap the ruler if you bend it too far.

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to cause sth that is thin to break suddenly and quickly with a cracking sound OR get angry

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administer
e.g. The medication was administered by someone in another room.

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to give sth to someone

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inoculate
e.g. My children have been inoculated against covid.

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to give a weak form of a disease to person or animal, usually by injection, as a protection against that disease

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nursing home

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house for old people

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syringe

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шприц

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ward

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палата в лікарні

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come out in spots
e.g. This heat has made me come out in an itchy red rash.

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be covered with spots

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pull through

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manage to stay alive after you’ve been very ill

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to be a far cry from sth
e.g. This flat is a fat cry from the house we had before.

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to be completely different

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medical negligence

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лікарська недбалість

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holistic approach

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thorough approach

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a nip and tuck

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plastic surgery

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stigmatize

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treat someone or sth unfairly by disapproving of him/her

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spring to mind

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come quickly into your mind

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a cast iron stomach

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very resilient stomach

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hale and hearty

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in excellent health (especially about old ppl)

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shelf life
e.g. Fresh fruit has a very short shelf life.

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срок годності

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dexa scan

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x-ray of bones

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deconditioning

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the process of losing physical strength through being ill, injured or not active

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inactivity pandemic

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